• Topic: Refugees
    Topic: Refugees …
  • AIR image testing
    Tamara Abdul Hadi has an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has taught photography for multimedia at Concordia and photography intervention courses in Cairo and Beirut. Tamara co-founded Rawiya Collective, which was a collective of 6 women photographers from and …
  • Topic: War
    Topic: War …
  • Topic: Immigration Facilities
    Topic: Immigration Facilities …
  • Topic: Religious Persecution
    Topic: Religious Persecution …
  • Topic: Museums and Heritage Institutions
    Topic: Museums and Heritage Institutions …
  • Enemy Aliens - Internment in Canada 1914–1920
    February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 867A During the First World War, national security fears and wartime prejudice drove the policy of internment, which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, …
  • Broken Promises
    February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: Image provided courtesy of Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. 1994.69.4.29.1. Grounded in research from Landscapes of Injustice – a seven-year multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, community engaged project – this exhibit explores the …
  • Why isn’t it called “Japantown”?
    © Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2023). Source: Library and Archives Canada/RG18, vol. 3567, file c315-36-3. Page 119/136 Many Canadian cities have a Chinatown. There are neighbourhoods called Greektown, Little Italy and Little Portugal. In …
  • Welcoming the Sick and Afflicted: Canada’s Tubercular Admissions Program, 1959-1960
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian During World Refugee Year (1959-1960), the Canadian government appeased public demands for a humanitarian response by implementing a special program that brought 325 tubercular refugees and 501 family members to Canada. Despite federal concerns about the financial cost …